Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Se\u00e1n Crowe TD, raised the continued imprisonment\u00a0Ibrahim Halawa\u2019s in Egypt,\u00a0with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan.<\/p>\n
Crowe said that 1,013 days after his arrest, Ibrahim was no nearer to a release date and being forced to endure appalling conditions.<\/p>\n
Deputy Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIbrahim Halawa has now be imprisoned for 1,013 days. He is incarcerated in appalling conditions, forced to sleep on mat and eat inedible food, and he\u00a0has no prospect or remote chance of a fair trial.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter this extraordinary\u00a0length of time, people are rightly asking what can be done differently by the Irish Government in Ibrahim\u2019s case.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe recently went missing within the prison system in Egypt and the Irish Embassy in Cairo were clearly misled by the local authorities about his exact whereabouts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe former Al Jazeera journalist, Peter Greste, who was a cell mate of Ibrahim\u2019s, said that if it was not for the pressure put on politicians and diplomats by his family in Australia, he would still be in prison. Greste was recently critical of the Irish Government and said its quiet diplomacy is doing absolutely nothing to bring about Ibrahim\u2019s release.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven that 1,013 days have elapsed, I pressed the Minister for a change in the Irish Government\u2019s strategy and a new look at its approach to this case.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf found guilty in his unfair mass trial he faces a possible death sentence.<\/p>\n
\u201cSurely after this length of time in custody we owe it to this young man\u2019s family to redouble our efforts and come up with a new and workable plan to ensure Ibrahim\u2019s release.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
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